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to victual

9.9

To eat food

verb
/ˈvɪtʃuəl/

Archaic

: alimentarse

They victualed themselves before the long journey.

Examples

After a long day on the road, the travelers victualed with bread and cheese before resting.
The soldiers paused to victual quickly before marching onward through the night.
In old seafaring tales, crews would victual at any port they could find before continuing their journey.
Did you victual the soldiers adequately?
After a long day on the road, the travelers victualed with bread and cheese before resting.
In old seafaring tales, crews would victual at any port they could find before continuing their journey.
The soldiers paused to victual quickly before marching onward through the night.

Antonyms

to fast

58 4.6

To not eat or drink for a time

How Much

to gorge

12 5.9

to devour

13 2.9

to eat

∞ 1.0

to victual

Archaic

9.9

to nibble

56 2.0

Surface Forms

victual infinitive

victualled past

victualled past participle

victualling present participle

victuals third person singular

Etymology

An older use of victual meant 'to eat' and it comes from Latin victus 'food' and the idea of living; so people once used victual to mean taking food to sustain life.